Acts 7:2
And Stefanos said, Achim and Avot, hear me! Elohei Hakavod appeared to Avraham Avinu while he was in Mesopotamia before he lived in Charan. + 7:2 Ps 29:3; Gn 11:31; 15:7
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Kohen Gadol said, Are these things so?
Cross References
Genesis 12:1Now Hashem had said unto Avram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from the bais avicha, unto ha'aretz that I will show thee;
Genesis 15:7And He said unto him, I am Hashem Who brought thee out of Ur Kasdim, to give thee ha'aretz hazot to be the yoresh of it.
Joshua 24:2And Yehoshua said unto Kol HaAm, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Avoteichem dwelt on the other side of the + 24:2 Euphrates River long ago, even Terach, Avi Avraham, and Avi Nachor: and they served elohim acherim.
Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye she'arim; 1 and be ye lifted up, ye Pitchei Olam (everlasting doorways); 1 and Melech HaKavod shall come in. 1
Psalms 29:3The voice of Hashem is upon the waters; 1 El HaKavod thundereth; 1 Hashem is over the mayim rabbim. 1
Isaiah 51:2Look unto Avraham Avichem, 1 and unto Sarah that gave birth to you; 1 for I called him as one alone, 1 and put a brocha on him, and made him many. 1
Matthew Henry on Acts 7:2-17
Stephen's Address. 1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, 3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 5… Read the whole commentary →